Flood

When 16-year-old Lily’s house was flooded in the early hours of the morning, she fled with her family to a nearby school, which was converted into an evacuation centre. Many of the family’s possessions were washed away and the walls of one of their buildings were knocked down. Many crops and seeds were lost from the family farm, making it difficult for the family to find food in the flood’s aftermath.While she was at the evacuation centre, Lily joined Save the Children’s Child Friendly Space and received training in handwashing and water treatment from the Emergency Health Unit. Lily is passionate about teaching her sister and other children in her community how to wash their hands to prevent infectious disease such as cholera.

On 26 February 2026, Save the Children, in partnership with SunRice Group and the Dak Lak Union of Friendship Organizations, organized a rice distribution programme to support people and children affected by disasters across the province.

Children displaced by some of the worst flooding across southern Africa in decades are facing a growing health crisis, with a lack of running water and destroyed sanitation facilities fuelling a spike in waterborne diseases.

On January 13th 2026, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, in collaboration with Save the Children, the Gia Lai Red Cross, and local authorities, launched a cash assistance programme to support families with children affected by Storm No. 13 and recent floods.

About 2 million people - or nearly one in ten in Sri Lanka - have been impacted by the cyclone, with 114,000 people living in temporary shelters after nearly 74,000 homes were damaged, according to the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Centre

Children in Gaza are sleeping on the bare ground with no shelter, in flimsy shorts and t-shirts that are sodden with sewage water after their tents flooded in a weekend of heavy rains, putting them at risk of disease, Save the Children said

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